Call Me Big Brother!

Wang Ji suddenly became very quiet. He no longer gave off that childishly fickle impression he had before, instead seeming like a refined scholar—calm and gentle.

That entire afternoon, he sat on a swing at the edge of Super God Academy's training ground, reading.

Du Qiangwei was not actually surprised by this. According to the information she had learned about Wang Ji, this was how he should have appeared before others in the past—modest and hardworking, eager to learn, gentle and refined... or perhaps overly cautious.

According to Aunt Lian Feng, Wang Ji's previous bout of chuunibyou behavior was probably a form of liberation after gaining superpowers—freedom granted by fate, freedom granted by humanity. He no longer had to care about how others saw him.

What that liberation had brought out were the hobbies and youthful playfulness and chuunibyou tendencies that he had never been able to possess while growing up independent and sensible.

In the end, he should have been mature, but he should also have been childish.

Just like the ability to earn money on his own had before, Super Gene had given him the chance to free his nature.

Playing games, buying models... using superpowers to simulate the Chicken Dinner Game and its mechanics.

Because that was what he liked now.

Both sides of his personality were him.

So, in this unfamiliar campus where there was nothing else to do, he began developing his old habits again: reading and learning new things.

His appearance was just a little too immortal-like... he truly did not care what others thought.

The academy, a tree, a swing, a book.

Lying there as he was, with the long sleeves of his traditional robes drifting in the breeze, he must have imagined himself as a Red Dust Immortal cast down into the mortal world... Come to think of it, he was still being chuunibyou.

But something was off as well. In Du Qiangwei's eyes, he was not reading. He was flipping through books.

At least to Du Qiangwei, this was the one thing about him that was not picturesque. It felt a little pretentious.

A copy of Introduction to Wormhole Theory would normally take an Earth university student at least several months to study and be taught properly. Without any foundation, even giving it a cursory read would be difficult.

Even if Wang Ji's profile described him as a learning genius, Juxia City had no shortage of geniuses... Even with the Gene Engine System's assistance, it would take him half a month to read through it, and that was assuming someone taught him.

If he had strong self-study abilities, then no matter how strong they were, it should still take half a month, right?

But according to Du Qiangwei's observations and estimates, Wang Ji had spent only an hour... flipping through that book.

Over the whole afternoon, he had apparently flipped through five books on specialized subjects he had never encountered before.

It looked like empty posturing, skimming over everything without really taking it in. It was not a good look.

"Call me Big Sister!"

"Call me Big Brother!"

"Call me Big Sister!"

"Why should I call you Big Sister? Because your shield is big, your sword is big, your mouth is big, or because you have two big arguments?"

"Because I'm the strongest! I'm the Light of the Sun! Your goddess! Hey! You brat, you said my mouth... Huh? What do you mean... two big arguments?"

"Uh... it means you're a woman, and you're old. Ah, you don't need to worry about that... Anyway, I'm the boss! Call me Big Brother!"

"Tch~ A little brat gets a bit of superpower and wants to be the boss. Do you know your goddess is a genuine god? What gives you the right to be a goddess's big brother?"

"I don't need a reason! I'm Big Brother! All of you have to call me Big Brother!"

Leina and Wang Ji suddenly started arguing in the public cafeteria of Super God Academy, standing on chairs and slapping the table.

The reason was:

It was mealtime, and Wang Ji was eating. Leina approached his table with her hands behind her back and a smile on her face. She sat down as though they were old friends, then immediately told him to call her Big Sister... For some reason, Wang Ji did not like that.

He simply did not like it. He was stubborn about it.

And he kept insisting that he was the real Big Brother.

"Call me Big Sister, and I'll give you something nice~"

"Call me Big Brother, and I'll teach you martial arts!"

Du Qiangwei sighed. She had thought these two were the only reliable ones in Super Soldier Company besides herself—and one of them was even a god.

But standing on chairs in full view of everyone and comparing heights was not something any proper adult, or adult god, would do.

Du Qiangwei could understand if Wang Ji's mind had switched back into chuunibyou mode... but she had not expected Leina to be such a goofball too.

She had seemed so aloof and dependable before... though perhaps that was because Du Qiangwei had not known Leina for long.

Looking at the frightened gazes of the ordinary students in the distance, and the two idiots who had stopped comparing their heights because the chairs were not tall enough and instead competed in jumping high enough to stick their heads into the cafeteria ceiling...

Du Qiangwei gathered up her own tray and Wang Ji's. She had completely lost her appetite.

Perhaps Wang Ji had not been ignoring her that afternoon. Maybe she had simply chosen the wrong time.

When he was reading and when he was not reading, he seemed like two different species.

One was a cold and aloof Male God, and the other was an intermittently idiotic fool.

Now that two fools had run into each other, they had become doubly ridiculous.

They had almost jumped at the same time, becoming two Galileo pendulums hanging from the ceiling.

"Whew~ I never thought your goddess would be so talented at high jumping."

Leina finally pulled her head out of the concrete ceiling and landed on the ground with a breath. Then she hurriedly ran her hands through her hair, trying to get rid of the dust and grit stuck in it.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~

A strange yet familiar sound reached her ears. Following it toward the cafeteria entrance, she saw Wang Ji outside the door, using the wind to blow the dust off himself.

But... where had such a strong wind come from?

Leina strode outside with her hands on her hips. Reaching the side of this young man who was just as clever as she was, she clicked her tongue in amazement.

Du Qiangwei, meanwhile, stared at the scene before her with complicated, baffled eyes, as if questioning her entire life.

"Hey, Xiao Ji Zi, what's going on here?" Leina raised her chin and asked as though it were only natural.

His hands appeared empty, yet one hand patted at his hair and clothes while the other blew out gusts of wind. The wind was quite strong.

"Introduction to Wormhole Theory." Wang Ji glanced at her, then continued cleaning his clothes.

"By gathering wormholes together, you can transport an object to another location. As long as you transport air, and do it fast enough, you can generate a plentiful supply of wind.

"The faster you move it, the faster the wind speed. I call this great invention... a Hair Dryer."

A few seconds later, he closed the wormhole, giving anyone who wanted to mooch some wind no chance at all.

"Call me Big Brother, and I'll cover the cost of today's property damage." Wang Ji clasped his hands behind his back and raised his brows at Leina, the Sun Goddess.

"Tch~ Your goddess isn't short on money!" Leina crossed her arms disdainfully. "Rose, pay for those two holes for me! Your goddess started this mess, so your goddess will take responsibility!"

Du Qiangwei looked at her expressionlessly, then said without feeling, "Are you each paying for your own hole, or are you buying both holes together?"

She did not even ask why she was paying, because... Leina had no money.

It was not that she truly had no money. She could withdraw as much as she wanted whenever she needed it, but she did not carry much cash on hand.

There was nothing wrong with treating Du Qiangwei like a temporary ATM.

"I'll buy them both! He's my new little brother!" Leina patted her chest, righteous and loyal.

"So you two are buying the holes together?" Du Qiangwei asked flatly.

"Of course... Don't think I didn't hear you insulting me!" Leina said with a smile, giving Du Qiangwei a shove.

"You can hear it when I insult you. How come you can't hear it when someone else insults you?"

Wang Ji strolled back with his hands clasped behind his back. Since he could not become the boss for now, he did not argue over who would pay.

They were all Super Soldiers. None of them lacked money.

Still, he would eventually become the boss.

Because he was Big Brother.